Car body



Feb. 13, 1945. BU K 2,369,579

' CAR BODY Filed March 5, 1940 2 Sheets-Sheet l Kurt Kob/[gh' y WQLXM K. KOBLIGK Feb. 13, 1945.

CAR BODY Filed March 5, 1940 2 sheets-Sheet 2 Attorneylatented 13, 1945 "GAR. ony

Kurt Kobligk, Berlin, Germany; vested in the Alien Property Custodian Application March 5, 1940,,Serial No. 322,290

I .In Germany March 24, 1939 I 1 Claim.

The invention relates to improvements in the construction of car bodies for use on automobiles and other cars, the primary object of the invention being the. provision of a car body in which the drip channels are designed so that no separate pressings need be used for them. According to the invention, either the upper portions of the side panels of'car or the side portions of the roof panel or both of them are provided with a' channel-like or similar groove or grooves forminga drip channel which---or at least the bottom of which-does not project be-- yond the external face of the car body.

The invention maybe applied to either ears composed of sheet metal panels or pressings, or to cars composed of an either wood or metal framework to which an. externalv sheeting is se- (01. 295-28) the-outer ends of the roof hollow girder.

.Inthe embodiment shown in Figs. 6 and 7, the roof has thedepending flange l3-'-b similar to flange 13 of the form in Figs. 2 and 3, the rail 15-11. for the door or window, and the curved flange l3-c-similar to the flange l3-a in the formof Figs. 4 and 5. In this form, the inner V end'of the flange l3c is spaced from the point on the roof at which the depending flange I3-b is bent downwardly, so as to form the drip channel l2--b. The side panel has its upper end cured, or to car bodies the panels or other parts of which are made from synthetic plastics.

In the case of car bodies made of either panels I or pressings where theside panels are connected with a roof panel, the drip channels are so designed as to either coincide withthe line connecting roof and side panel or to be situated close to the latter.

A number or forms of the invention are shown in the attached drawings in which 7 Fig. 1 is an external view of the car body and Figs. 2 to 8 are sectional views onan enlarged scale, approximately on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1, each figure showing a different embodiment.

In the embodiments. shown in Figs, 2 and 3, the roof is provided with a flange l3 extending downwardly.

The side panel is fo med at its upper edge with the drip channel l2 and has the rabbet l4 and upper rail l4 above the door or window, and the curved portion ll, between the channel 12 and the rabbet l4. Portions of the inner edges of the side panel, at the inner edge of the drip channel l2 and the inner end of the rail M, are attached to the flange l3. This relation of the inner side of the upper end of the side panel and the outer end of the roof forms a longitudinal hollow girder.

In the embodiment shown in the roof is provided with the drip channel l2-a and the flange l3- -a is curved outwardly and downwardly and merges into the upper rail l5 above the door or window. In this form, the side panel has its upper edge portion l6 attached to the roof at the inner edge of the drip channel l2-a and the inner endof the rail I5. This re Figs. 4 and 5.

l6-a bent to form three sides of the hollow girder and is attached at two points to the' depending flange l3"-b of the roof, which'forms the fourth side of the girder.

In the embodiment of Fig. 8, the roof has the drip channel |2-,-c and the downwardly curved flange l3--d, as in the form of Figs. 4 and 5. In

this form, theside panel has its'upper end I la attached to the roof adjacent the inner side of the drip channel l2--c, and has a portion'forming the upper rail ,l5 b above the door or window and attached to the outer lower end of the flange l3-d. This relation of the upper end of the side panel and the roof forms the horizontal hollow girder.

Owing to the absence of separate pressingsfor the drip'channel the number of welds will be reduced and simplified. At the same time, a car body having a box-shaped girder at the lower edges of roof will be formed.

'lation of the upper end of the side panel andlill If a sliding roof is provided, the sliding channel for the roof can drain ofi direct into the drip channel without requiring any separatelong, and expensiveuroof'draining tubes of rubber, as have been used hitherto.

I claim:

In aroof panel for a vehicle body, the combination of amain portion curved in cross-section,

and a lateralportion disposed on each side of said main portion; each lateral portion bei formed as a hollow box-section comprising the header strip of a door or window opening, with an inner vertical wall extending downwardly from the outer edge of the tion extending outwardly from the lower'end of the vertical wall, and an upwardly and inwardly curved portion, said curved portion of the lateral portionbeing shaped to provide a drip channel for water drained off of the main portion, said channel lyingwithin the outline of the curved juncture of the main portion and the lateral portion.

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